Jeff in MN's Link
The symptoms of WNV can be very serious.
Reportedly approximately 1% of the population will develop a severe case of this disease and many will develop nothing at all.
The symptoms are flu-like to many and a tip toe check over to a medical website is not a bad idea.
Elderly people like me and Jeff are at the most risk!
Being a falconer, I am constantly aware of WND and falconers in this State have lost birds to this disease which effect birds much more often than humans.
To birds - it's fatal.
She also swears I had it about 15 years ago when I landed a fast ride to the hospital. Sudden onset of dizziness, and other messy stuff. A nurse that happened to be there wasted no time calling an ambulance. I couldn't balance enough to walk for 4 days. After many tests to rule out everything else they said inner ear infection. Ever since then I have had trouble with balance in the dark. I wonder if there is a test that can be done to tell if you ever had WNV.
There are 14 Wisconsin counties with non human confirmed cases this year. Sawyer is the only confirmed human case currently posted on the states map at the link above.
